About 5km into my 20km morning commute I picked up a flat near the East Pde tunnel. A couple of passing riders asked if it was all good, perhaps they saw my grimace.

As it bucketed down on my head while I replaced the tube (nasty little glass shard which I struggled to remove from the tyre) I swore loudly then turned around and went home to get the car. Now my rear wheel feels "bumpy", not sure if it's imagination or I didn't fit the tube correctly.

But at least I didn't have river waves breaking in my face like you 88.

Twas not me even tho I did end up on the Kwinana Fwy PSP in Leeming after coming off Roe Hwy PSP. I spotted 1 cyclist infront of me and 4 others heading the opposing way. Being on a trike really helped with the wind It was just blowing over me as I had setout before leaving work to change my seat angle to be most reclined as I could get it.

I'd be one of the 87, probably one of the first few given i went pass you colin as you where rapidly dismounting the bike as the rain started to roll on in just over the bridge.

I have worn the side wall on my tyre due to having the bike leaned on a stupid angle to counter act the wind.

Some of the waves crashing over the path near the scout building had a lot more mass behind them than i had anticipated, all most stopped me dead.

However i was hugely disapointed that the guy behind me managed to keep up i was pushing hard, why did'nt that huge electric hub motor of his electrocute him!!

Meanwhile at one point i could'nt see due to the combination o fmy road speed and incoming wind and rain, i was worried i was going to start bleeding due to teh water blasting, and riding uphill through a river has to be good extra resistance training1

Bunch of girls .....managed an 85km hills ride this morning, W'pool rd east was amazing with an insane westerly firing straight up my clacker.....nearly managed my best ET impression off the side of the zig zag and the return along the Roe into a 55km wind to Karel was murder!

I actually thought Monday was a blast, I love a good commute in the nasty storms. Got completely nailed by a hail storm last year (not the big one), and that was quite interesting. I found that hail is really, really loud when it hits a bike helmet, and my arms were so red it looked like I'd been in the sun for a couple hours.

I've actually copped rain every ride since last Friday, getting sick of having to dry out my shoes with newspaper every day. I even managed a solid 30 minutes of rain heading in this morning, and there wasn't even anything on the radar. Magic storm, just for me.

Monday was one of the few days I was happy that I wasn't out on a bike. I live just near the Canning Bridge station and the amount of water smashing over the PSP was crazy. Can't be great for your gear.

Makes you wonder how we will fare if with higher sea levels? I've heard reports of 50cm in the next few decades. The whole PSP will be underwater on a high tide, let alone a storm!

At least there was 88 of you- Perth to Midland was uninhabited except for me on my 80's steel (doesn't get lighter in the wet)

Didn't ride the freeway rather out Midland way- you know it is bad when everyone you ride with all of a sudden has a romantic evening booked, parent teacher night or any other manner of excuses as to why there partner is picking them up from work.

Kalgrm wrote:Hey Colin - my kids tell you're famous! They heard the people calling in to the radio station this morning and how you have offered to teach the DJs to ride one wheeled contraptions. Well done!

Cheers,Graeme

Yeah - I've had a few emails today, got a few extra toots from motorists and had three strangers stop me on the way home and enquire. The family is a bit sick of hearing it coming over the station daily promo all day long so I hunted out the mp3 file on their site when I got home. I listened to the lead in to the on-air chat and particularly like one guys explanation: That I do it in order to metaphorically flip the bird to all you lycra brigade:

"I think what he's doin, he's metaphorically flippin' the bird to all the lycra clad super cyclists who are really competitive."

and

"And I think he's thought 'You know what, I'll show you how to do. I'll do it on a unicycle'"

So there it is guys - I disdain you all and I ride as a protest against lycra clad competitive super cyclists.

I hit that section early, round 3.10 coming off the Narrows heading towards Canning Bridge, so I reckon I'm probably a +1, but it was still hairy and what I couldn't believe was the massive amount of detritus washed up on the path - I was truly ecstatic that I got through without getting a puncture.

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